§ Numeral & Quantitative Adjective
形容詞有多種,現在介紹數形容詞 Numeral Adjective
和量形容詞 Quantitative Adjective。
什麼是數形容詞?數形容詞是形容可數事物的數量的形容詞。
什麼是量形容詞?量形容詞是形容不可數事物的分量的形容詞。
常見的數形容詞和量形容詞有:
/ |
數形容詞 |
量形容詞 |
任何 |
any |
any |
一些 |
some |
some |
所有 |
all |
all |
沒有 |
no |
no |
足夠 |
enough |
enough |
很多 |
many |
much |
很少 |
few |
little |
幾個 |
several |
/ |
數形容詞和量形容詞的分別:
1. 數形容詞所形容的名詞是:(1)可數的;(2)要用複數。
2. 量形容詞所形容的名詞是:(1)不可數的;(2)要用單數。
1. any 和 some
(1)作數形容詞
例如:
Have you any oranges?
Have you some oranges?﹝期待肯定的答案,疑問句用"some"﹞
Yes, I have some oranges.
No, I have not any oranges.
* 疑問句用"any"或"some"皆可;肯定句用"some";否定句用"any"。
(2) 作量形容詞
例如:
Have you any rice?
Have you some rice? ﹝期待肯定的答案,疑問句用"some"﹞
Yes, I have some rice.
No, I have not any rice.
* 疑問句用"any"或"some"皆可;肯定句用"some";否定句用"any"。
We must get it at any price.
﹝無論任何代價,我們都要得到它。﹞
2. all
(1) 作數形容詞
例如:
All the chickens in the cage are yours.
(2) 作量形容詞
例如:
All the rice in the bag is mine.
3. no
(1) 作數形容詞
例如:
He has no books.
* "He has no book."亦可,"no"後可用單數。
He has no brothers.
(2) 作量形容詞
例如:
He drinks no wine.
He has no money.
He has no hope.
4. enough
(1) 作數形容詞
例如:
Have you enough cents?
Have you cents enough?
Yes, I have enough cents.
Yes, I have cents enough.
No, I have not enough cents.
No, I have not cents enough.
* "enough"在被形容的名詞之前或後皆可。
(2) 作量形容詞
例如:
Have you enough money?
Have you money enough?
Yes, I have enough money.
Yes, I have money enough.
No, I have not enough money.
No, I have not money enough.
5. many 和 much
例如:
Many boys play ball in the garden.
Much boys play ball in the garden. ﹝錯誤﹞
*"boys"是可數名詞,只能用"many"來形容,不能用"much"來形容。
Mary has much money.
Mary has many money. ﹝錯誤﹞
*"money"是不可數名詞,只能用"much"來形容,不能用"many"來形容。
How many bottles of wine do you drink?
*"how"是疑問副詞。
How much wine do you drink?
6. few 和 little
例如:
He is a man of few words.﹝他是個寡言的人。﹞
Few people know his name.﹝沒有什麼人知道他的名字。﹞
I have few good friends.﹝我沒有什麼好朋友。﹞
* I have a few good friends.﹝我有幾個好朋友。﹞﹝"few"作名詞用﹞
I have little money.﹝我沒有多少錢。﹞
He drinks little wine.﹝他沒有飲多少酒。﹞
* He drinks a little wine.﹝他飲一些酒。﹞﹝"little"作名詞用﹞
7. several
例如:
My teacher has several good fountain-pens.
*"several"意指三至六個。
練習
翻譯:
1. 你有一些日文書嗎?
2. 好人多朋友。
3. 這麵包師有足夠的麵粉嗎?
4. 那人沒有米。
5. 他沒有什麼好書。
6. 甕中所有米都是她的嗎?
7. 有些人不吃豬肉。
8. 那個農夫飲很多酒嗎?
9. 那個農夫沒有牛嗎?
10. 我有幾本書。
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